About meRetired bookmobile librarian and retired specialty board game and puzzle store owner. Now a member of our library board of trustees.

About my libraryWaiting for the moment when my subconscious acknowledges the fact that there is no more room for more books and I actually stop accumulating them. (That may never happen)

About my ratings: I seldom buy a book I haven't already read, and want to read again, so my ratings tend to be high. Lower ratings are probably books I got from the library and read, or they were books that were given to me. I am also generous. If the book truly entertained me and/or gave something important to me and the way I think it has a four or five. If it was so-so it's a 3 to 4 (I do actually own those, too) and if it was pretty bad it's a 2 and if I hated it is a 1 (so far there's only one of those!)

Best Reads of 2014All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Samurai's Garden by Gale TsukiyamaThe Midnight Mayor by Kate GriffinMeasuring Eternity by Martin GorsstBest Junior Fiction Book:The Swallow by Charis CotterThe Best Teen BookPeter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry

Best Reads of 2012Coal Black Horse by Robert OlmsteadCurse of the Narrows by Laura MacDonaldFire on the Beach by David WrightThe Buntline Special by Mike ResnickThe Baseball Codes by Jason TurbowThe Best Junior Fiction Book: The Trouble With Chickens by Doreen CroninThe Best Teen Book: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman

Best Reads of 2011Rose in a Storm by Jon KatzBottom of the 33rd by Dan BarryJunkyard Dog by Craig JohnsonThe Lotus Eaters by Tajana SoliDeath of the Mantis by Michael StanleyBest Junior Fiction Book:The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy SpringerBest Teen Book:Voyages of Brian Sea-Worthy by Ralph Nading Hill